IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored runs, defeated the giants and captured the Orange Cap.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap: Now a new star is shining at the top in IPL 2026. This player is none other than 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who did wonders by playing a stormy innings against Punjab Kings in the 40th match of IPL 2026. Vaibhav played an innings of 43 runs in just 16 balls, in which he hit 3 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. In this way, Vaibhav became the first batsman to complete 400 runs in the current season and captured the Orange Cap. He overtook Abhishek Sharma to take the number-1 spot, while KL Rahul also slipped one place.

You will be surprised to know that Vaibhav has now become the batsman to score 400 runs on the fewest number of balls in a single season of IPL. He achieved this great feat by breaking the record of Andre Russell. Vaibhav has emerged as a run machine this season. On the basis of his brilliant batting, Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings and made a strong claim for the third place in the points table.

Players who scored 400 runs in the fewest balls in the IPL season

• 167 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)
• 188 – Andre Russell (2019)
• 195 – Abhishek Sharma (2024)
• 197 – Nicholas Pooran (2025)
• 200 – Glenn Maxwell (2014)

In the match played on 28 April, Rajasthan Royals did a great job by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. With this victory, Rajasthan team became the team to defeat Punjab Kings in IPL 2026.

The battle for top-3 became more tough

Despite this win, Punjab Kings are at first place in the points table with 13 points, but their lead has now reduced. Rajasthan Royals have reached third place with 12 points from 9 matches, due to which there is now only 1 point difference between the top-3. In IPL 2026, the race for the playoffs is becoming more exciting with every match, but at the moment the most talked about name is Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is ruling the Orange Cap by spitting fire with the bat.

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